Herb's marks last day in Boulder

With a mixture of sadness and excitement, the owners of Herb's Meats closed up their Boulder location on Friday after 33 years in the same store. They plan to re-open in Broomfield in April. Richard Grass, coowner with his wife Kristine, said the market had simply become I too crowded in Boulder for an independent butcher shop to survive. In particular, the opening of Whole Foods, where customers could get high-quality meat along with the rest of their groceries, took a big toll on Herb's business. Grass said. "We could make a move, or we could go out of business," Grass said. "And we like what we do. and we like being in business for ourselves. I think it's going to be a good tiling for us. Grass said it seems that many long-time customers have moved out of Boukler. Regular customers would become infrequent customers, and when he inquired, they would respond that they'd moved to Arvada or Westminster or Broomfield. The Grasses live in Broomfield. and the area around the new location, at the intersection of U.S. 287 and 10th Street, has fewer grocery stores, no specialty meat retailers. more families and. it seems, a more carnivorous population. "When we walk our dog here at night, especially in the summer, every house has a grill going, sometimes two grills or a grill and a smoker." Grass said, whereas in Boulder. people seem to prefer sushi. Herb Dillard opened Herb's Quality Meats in 1977. The Grass family took over the business in 1996. and Richard Grass, now of Broomfield, has been the owner since 2006.

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